Re: Windows default editor for psql \e

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma(at)yahoo(dot)com>, General PostgreSQL List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Windows default editor for psql \e
Date: 2006-11-29 05:53:12
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On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 22:59 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Richard Broersma Jr wrote:
> > > Sure, see the psql manual page, but setting EDITOR is the easiest way.
> > > This works on Win32 too.
> >
> > c:\set EDITOR="c:\Program Files\Vim\vim70\gvim.exe"
> >
> > Thanks Bruce, this worked like a charm!
> >
> > And sorry to drag this, but does anyone know the windows (xp) equivalent to:
> > /etc/rc.conf for *nix? i.e. the place that windows uses to store system wide variables from future
> > use? Is still the autoexec.bat? :o)
>
> OK, I am freaked out that I know the answer to this, but it My
> Computer/Properties/Advanced/Environment Variables.

Is this something we shoudl doc?

>
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